Mission creation - briefing question

[Batwing~SPARTA~]

Hi there,

 

quick question.

 

I know how to create the briefing and i know I can add pictures on the briefing, but

 

WHAT IS THE ALLOWED SIZE FOR THE PIC?

 

I tried and i got an error message, stating my pic size. I do assume it doesn t like the size, probably too big, so i don t know what I should resize to.

 

Thx

[Kavlarakos~SPARTA~]

What kind of format do you use. I don´t know if OA supports jpeg files. If not you have to change them to .paa files.

 

In addition you have to define each pic in your description.ext, which is a bit of a pain in the ass, because when making a simple mistake like forgetting to set a ; or a { in the right place Arma2 will crash to desktop.

 

The definition inside the description.ext should look like this:

 

class RscPicture

{

idc=-1;

type=CT_STATIC;

style=PICTURE;

colorbackground[]={0,0,0,0};

ColorText[]={1,1,1,1};

font=Zeppelin32;

sizeEx=0;

};

class RscTitles

{

titles[]={airport};

 

class airport

{

idd=-1;

movingenable=true;

duration=8;

fadeIn=1;

name="airport";

controls[]={Picture};

 

class Picture : RscPicture

{

x=0.10;

y=0.05;

w=0.80;

h=0.70;

text="pics\airport.paa";

sizeEx=0.04;

style=48;

};

};

};

 

In this case the pic`s name is airfield.paa and is inside a folder called pics.

 

Good luck

[Durka-Durka~SPARTA~]

Hope this helps....

 

http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1476420&postcount=254

 

Picture must be 2^n. ie

 

2*2

4*4

8*8

16*16

32*32

64*64

128*128

256*256

512*512

1024*1024

 

I'm sure that should be enough.

[Durka-Durka~SPARTA~]

Or this....

 

Formatting:

* - To add a newline: <br/>

* - To add a marker link: <marker name='mkrObj1'>Attack this area!!!</marker>

* - To add an image: <img image='somePic.jpg'/>

* - custom width/height: <img image='somePic.jpg' width='200' height='200'/>

[Batwing~SPARTA~]

Yeah, thx Durka

 

In fact i knew that command line but the sizes were my question mark...

 

@ Kav:

 

Thx a lot for your post, but honestly, u scared the crap out of me with that !! lol.. hey, i m keeping it easy.. if it works fine, otherwise, kiss bye-bye to pics insertion

 

And this is my point with this game.

 

It s still a game and I am not a programmer, so I cannot think to start learning a language to try to enjoy a game.

 

EDIT:

 

Followed Durka instructions, pic in Briefing are working great, thank you very much

Edited July 31, 2010 by Batwing~SPARTA~